With so many players contracts coming to an end at the end of this season, it gives Holloway the chance to get rid of big time charlies who are thieving a wage from the club... reducing the wage budget by Millions which will allow us to spend decent money on good players!

The majority of the players who Holloway have brought in (Webster, Upson, Williams, Briggs, Gregory) are mainly for the future of the club so we don't have to keep signing loads of players each season when the others get too old, plus our youth will be playing a bigger part next season.

I'm properly excited about getting this season over with, still in the championship, playing great football and really pushing on next season with hungry, young players while spending a lot less on wages and buying decent players!!

@Bradders: the only thing that bovvers me is that i dont think you can trust olly with tbe extra dosh.you name his good buys but were in this mess cos of all the other expensive unfit players he's brought in.DJC the hof to name just 2.

@Jim28: The Hoff was brought in to do a job on a contract until the end of the season, he done that job and helped us stay in the championship.

I'd like to hear what expensive unfit players he signed... who are still here?? Lomas signed players who are still unfit to play and aren't effective.... Bailey, Chaplow, Hoyte and Byfield!! DJC and Simeon Jackson were pony, but they are not here now and left at the end of last season!!

@Jim28: gotta say Jim I thought the Hoff was good for us whilst we had him. Ollie has had any long term signings I can think of that haven't worked out. Martinez has been unlucky with injury but isn't he on a short term deal anyway?

I like the part about efficiency, if Ollie's had his hands tied and there's a chance to loosen it up then that's a great thing. Good attractive football should get the turn styles ticking over and generate much needed revenue for the club. But yeh, look at the squad, trim the fat and get this show on the road. Sounds good.

@grassgrower:
To be fair, our current attendances match our results and it is ONLY results which will change that. And even if we were challenging the top 6 we'd still only get about 13k at home most weeks, history doesn't lie it's always been the same.

It doesn't matter how much money we have to spend if we don't get in the right players for us. Go back 10 years and tell me the best player we signed? Our transfer policy seems to be gamble and see what happens and more often than not we end up rejects that no one else wanted. I was genuinely excited when we signed Lee Gregory cause it seemed as though we beat off a lot of competition to sign a 20 goal plus striker which we have been in need of since Morison went to Norwich. For some reason all of our transfer targets are made public which then alerts every club in the country that there is someone to sign.

This is good news to me.
Otherwise that FFP was going to give us no chance of growing.
A smaller squad is definately the right way forward as John Berylson rightly says.
As said above we need to survive this season and that will free up some serious funds for a rebuild plus some extra funds from the chairman if Holloway wants a particular player for a fee.
I know he is not helping his cause but I hope we can all get behind the manager and team and help them survive this season. I 'd take fourth from bottom right now as would most I expect. This is a transitional season and we just need to survive it.
I know there are problems with the manager but I am enjoying the type of football that we play and I really want him to be here next season and to get his own players in. He is passionate like us and just as barmy probably but I think given time he could take us on to bigger and better things.

This FFP is a load of c**p , how can it be fair , when 3 teams from the premiership come into the Championship with parachute payments to the tune of millions compared to the rest of the championship , well apart from the previous 3 if they dont get promoted straight away & as i believe they also get another payment , so as a league its a laugh to suggest FFP in the Championship.

@Jingles: there's more then 3 on parachute payments.reading and wigan are in the 2nd season of there payments.so straight away there's 5...then you got the likes of derby who will get big gates.simply cos there the only team in derbyshire..it should never of been brought in for the top english league

@Jim28: they also spend this earache payments on new squad members. The whole point of it is to protect clubs that come down with Prem squads on Prem contracts. They should be forced to spend that money on maintaining existing contracts only, not funding additional player acquisitions after they have been relegated.

@Jim28: totally agree Jim , how can it be fair , as you say this season 5 teams receiving milllions from what is basically a sugar daddy source , however the rest of the league can have their hands tied, you can look forward to saying that the 3 teams that come down have to be favs to go straight back up again

You can talk about the ffp & what effects it has on our club all day long but if the fans can't be bothered to get off there a*** & get down to the den then we will never be able to sign the players we want.